ABSTRACT
The trickle of interest in the city that began in the inter-war period now has turned into a flood. Entire issues of the most widely circulated American magazines have been devoted to a panoramic view of the scope and the scale of the problems created by urbanization. The field of urban analysis has been given a tremendous impetus by these developments. Many research projects have been launched and entire research institutes brought into being. Despite long-standing interest in and concern for the city, it has remained a particularly elusive entity. The book examines the possibilities arising from a cross-disciplinary approach. It proposes some modern samples of urban analysis. Economist, sociologist, and political scientist present their tools of analysis. The book deals with urban policy at both the general and the specific level. In the conclusion, the book attempts to draw together the threads of the different arguments in order to suggest the priorities for urban research in Canada.
